Recreation


People fishing along a mountain stream

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Rising between the Powder River and Big Horn Basins, this scenic country offers year round recreation connecting visitors to a land rich in history and solitude. For centuries, the mountain landscape has provided renewal for Native Americans, homesteaders and modern day explorers creating a human connection with this spectacular place. Today there is a bond with "the mountain" for local residents, which contributes to the quality of life in local communities. Viewing scenery and wildlife, while incorporating a rich history, connects locals and travelers to this accessible landscape.

To view recreation features on the map below . . .  

Click on the Forest Service shield for the area you want to visit: Buffalo, Greybull, or Sheridan. Then click on "Go to the Buffalo, WY page," for example,  to see a map showing the locations of campgrounds, trailheads, and other sites in that ranger district. 

Recreation Map

Map showing recreational areas. Map Information

Recreation Conditions Report

Area Name Status Area Conditions
Bald Mountain Campground Closed Closed Open with no services such water or trash collection
Boulder Park Campground Closed Closed Gated
Burgess Junction Visitor Center Open Open
Burgess RV Dump Station Closed Closed
Circle Park Campground Closed Closed Gated
Dead Swede Campground Closed Closed Gated
Deer Park Campground Closed Closed Gated
Doyle Campground Closed Closed
East Fork Campground Open Open Open with no services such as water or trash collection
Hettinger Group Campground Closed Closed Gated
Hunter Campground Closed Closed
Island Park Campground Closed Closed
Lake View Campground Closed Closed Gated
Leigh Creek Campground Closed Closed
Leigh Creek RV Dump Station Closed Closed
Little Goose Campground Closed Closed
Lost Cabin Campground Closed Closed Gated
Lower Paintrock Lake Campground Closed Closed
Medicine Lodge Lake Campground Closed Closed
Middle Fork Campground Closed Closed
Muddy Guard Cabin Open Open No water or trash collection
North Tongue Campground Open Open
Owen Creek Campground Open Open Gated
Pine Island Group Campground Closed Closed Gated
Pole Creek Cabin Open Open No water or trash collection
Porcupine Campground Closed Closed Open with no services such as water or trash collection
Prune Creek Campground Open Open Gated
Ranger Creek Campground Closed Closed Open with no services such as water or trash collection
Ranger Creek Recreation Area Closed Closed Open to self-supported camping, no water or trash collection
Sheep Mountain Lookout Closed Closed No water or trash collection
Shell Creek Campground Open Open
Shell Falls Interpretive Site Closed Closed
Sibley Lake Campground Closed Closed Electric loop gated, other loops open with no services such as water or trash collection
Sitting Bull Campground Closed Closed Loop B gated
South Fork Campground Closed Closed Gated
Tie Flume Campground Closed Closed Loop A gated, Loop B open with no services such as water or trash collection
Tie Hack Campground Closed Closed Gated
West Tensleep Lake Campground Closed Closed
Willow Park Group Campground Closed Closed Gated

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